The Toronto Maple Leafs are searching for answers.

Seven games into the season, the Leafs have been just about as average as you could be for an NHL team. They’ve won three games, lost three games, and dropped another overtime, leading to a .500 record. Their goal differential is +1 on the season, giving up 25 goals and allowing 24.

But for a team that’s been in the conversation for Stanley Cup contention entering the last several preseasons, that standard doesn’t quite seem good enough.

For head coach Craig Berube, it seems like any possible improvement might come from the team’s top line. Currently, that unit’s centred by Auston Matthews, with Max Domi and Matthew Knies on his wings.

As a unit all on the ice ice together, they generated just two shots on net at 5v5 in their most rece

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